Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium

discussed in biography

...composed illustrations of the jungle’s plants, insects, and other animals. After less than two years, however, illness forced Merian to return to Amsterdam. In 1705 she published Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (“The Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname”). Arguably the most important work of her career, it included some 60 engravings illustrating...